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Studio Ghibli cofounders Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki were aiming to release their latest anime movies, Kaze Tachinu and Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, on the same date this summer. While Takahata's has been delayed, Miyazaki's has held onto that ...

Hurricanger 10 Year Anniversary It’s already been 10 years since the end of Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger, the 3 ninjas along with Producer Hikasa and Yujiro Shirakawa to celebrate the 10 year anniversary. Together they recorded a video, saying that on...

A new footage from the upcoming film, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods” shows a preview of Vegeta dancing! The footage was presented in Mezamashi Terebi television program. Taking place during the manga's "lost decade", The God of Destruction Bils aw...

It has been said that every ending is a new beginning. Indeed, the end of the cold winter months signal the beginning of spring—and yet another new season of anime. Having given us some of the best series in recent years, the spring season has est...

The Tokyo MX channel aired an announcement video for the new Senki Zesshō Symphogear G anime season at the end of the rerun of the first Senki Zesshō Symphogear anime on Thursday. The text in the teaser video reads: "Those days of passionate battl...

This year's 18th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing an illustration for the second season of the Kuroko's Basketball anime on Monday. The illustration features Kuroko and Kagami in their new uniforms.

There is a meme going around the Japanese Internets which seem to have been started by Japanese High School Girls called "Makankosappo" [マカンコウサッポウ]. The Kanji is 魔貫光殺砲 and Dragonball fans will know that its a move that Piccolo does which you can s...

This April, Future Diary director Naoto Hosoda helms the Masahiro Yokotani (Maria Holic) written WHITE FOX production Hataraku Maou-sama! , about the demon lord, banished from his near conquest to Tokyo, where he must take a fast food job.

As covered on Kotaku yesterday, photos of schoolgirls doing faux manga style martial arts moves have been popping up on forums and threads in Japan. Those photos, however, are just the tip of the iceberg.

Power Rangers Megaforce's Yellow Ranger Ciara Hanna posted a photo via Instagram of the Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger's GokaiYellow's suit and helmet. Could this confirm that the Gokaiger suits are indeed power-ups for the Megaforce rangers?

It looks like the final week of April is going to involve some new changes for Toonami, because IGPX (Short for Immortal Grand Prix) is racing back to the lineup after escaping from the limbo that resulted from Bandai Entertainment going down.

The third game in the Zero Escape series will take place between Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Virtue’s Last Reward. The games’ director, Kotaro Uchikoshi, shared the information with Siliconera during an interview today.

Did you get extremely excited for the Persona 3 movie upon seeing its first teaser (even if it’s just a 15-second video where the main character uses his evoker)? If you’ve been anticipating the solid details of the upcoming movie, here’s the goo...

The Lady Spade is not only one of the best indie idol acts working the circuit now, but one of the best unsigned music acts in Japan period. I admit that the sight of cute girls dressed in cosplay style uniforms may not seem particularly groundbre...

Earlier today, Kojima Productions announced that Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain together make up Metal Gear Solid V. This made it sound like the two are the same game, but this isn’t actually the case.

The main cast members for the upcoming anime adaptation of Mamare Touno's Log Horizon novel was announced on Wednesday: Takuma Terashima as Shiroe Emiri Katō as Akatsuki Tomoaki Maeno as Naotsugu Jouji Nakata as Nyanta The story of Log Horizon beg...

Anyone remember what subject Mizuho Kazami taught? Apparently it wasn't math. The Please Teacher! anime/manga/light novel series is gearing up to celebrate its 10th anniversary despite premiering in January 2002.

Tougeki aims to return after "perparatory period" for next stage The official website for Tougeki, once the largest tournament for fighting games in Japan, announced on Thursday that it is going on temporary suspension this year.

Debuting this April is Kamen Rider Wizard's final and ultimate "style", the Kamen Rider Wizard Infinity. The style can be utilized via the the Infinity Wizard Ring, which originated from Haruto's tears.

The latest issue of Jump magazine reveals that the Project Versus J crossover game will now be officially called “J-Stars Victory Vs. ” The game featuring popular Jump characters will be available in both PlayStation 3 and PSVita.

Leviathan is an upcoming anime series, which as per its first PV, looks to combine the best of sci-fi, RPG themes, and attractive fun-sized females – but of course, the jewel in the center of it all is magic.

The addition of 1/7th scale Vocaloid Megurine Luka to my figure collection came as no surprise considering how much of a fan I’ve become of the music she has been featured in (Just Be Friends, anyone? ).

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